Stealing

Stealing is one of the easiest ways to make money, as well as being the easiest way to become a wanted criminal. Once you're a criminal, you'll have a bounty within the region you are in that you must deal with.

A few tricks can be used to help you in remaining unseen, some are ridiculous, some impractical and some are pure genius.

One trick is to just simply sneak and stick to the shadows. Go near the target item, crouch and move slowly around until you are no longer noticeable. From this sweet-spot you can steal anything within reach, without moving, thus remaining undetected.

A real work around for stealing is to simply pick up the item you wish to steal, walk away (i.e. to a different room), and then take said item when you are alone. For some reason, unlike in the previous Elder Scrolls game, moving an object does not count as stealing it, revealing a non-stealth method of theft (talk about stealing in plain sight).

Some versions of Skyrim let you place buckets and similar items on people's heads by holding the pick-up item button then dragging it over to them. People can't see anything going on when they're covered, so you can literally rob them blind while they're sitting in the same room.